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2 months ago | 
aei.org | Nat Malkus |Mark Schneider |Martin West
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus speaks with Marty West and Mark Schneider about 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results in 4th and 8th grade reading and math.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
aei.org | With Nat Malkus |Derek Scissors |Nicholas Eberstadt |Mark Schneider
On the most recent round of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Chinese students’ mean math and science scores were over 100 points higher than the corresponding averages for countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), implying that Chinese students are two or more years ahead of OECD pupils in these fields. But how accurate are these figures?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
“Reskilling” and “upskilling” are common buzzwords in discussions of career and technical training. These terms refer to imparting new skills to workers, enabling them to take on enhanced roles and responsibilities and enabling their employers to better face changing demands for goods and services. Given our dynamic economy, it’s not surprising that interest in improving the skills of workers is increasing. A Google Ngram search (Fig. 1) shows that the use of “reskilling” has skyrocketed. Figure 1.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
The results of the 2023 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS) were just released. ICILS is given to a sample of eighth-grade students and is supposed to measure their ability to use information and communications technology. Including the United States, 35 education systems worldwide participated in the study of “computer and information literacy,” while a subset of 24 also participated in the optional computational thinking module.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
If you tried to apply for federal student aid this 2024–2025 school year, you would have been met with a glitch-filled online form created using 40-year-old code, released three months behind schedule, and that might have arrived too late for a college to offer you the aid you applied for.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider
Key PointsThe National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has a congressional mandate to assess American students’ academic performance over time. Unfortunately, the bureaucratic processes to select NAEP’s contractors have been rife with inefficiencies and anticompetitive behavior.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider
Closing the U.S. Department of Education is an evergreen goal for conservatives. Created in 1979 as a payoff to teachers unions for their support of Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign, the department is by far the smallest Cabinet-level agency and has accumulated a grab bag of functions that could — and should — be handled by others at the state and federal levels. In 2018, the Trump administration proposed reorganizing the department out of existence.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
the74million.org | Mark Schneider
Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Closing the U.S. Department of Education is an evergreen goal for conservatives. Created in 1979 as a payoff to teachers unions for their support of Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign, the department is by far the smallest Cabinet-level agency and has accumulated a grab bag of functions that could — and should — be handled by others at the state and federal levels.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
There is a large literature linking the quality of education to economic growth, and numerous economists and development agencies, including the World Bank, have endorsed this connection. Most analysts also recognize that it’s not simply the years of schooling that matter, but rather the cognitive skills education imparts on the future workforce.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
aei.org | Mark Schneider |Christopher Robinson
On July 30, Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the New Essential Education Discoveries (NEED) Act. This is the companion to the House bill introduced last December by Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA). The NEED Act would establish a new center, the National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE), within the Institute of Education Science (IES), which is itself housed within the Education Department.
